Yahoo Autos Need at Least 1000 Lb-Ft of Torque? This Mercedes-AMG S 63 E Performance Is for You
The 2024 AMG S 63 E Performance incorporates more technology than most spacecraft.
The most impressive thing may be the F1 battery that powers the car’s hybrid components, generating 13.1 kWh of electricity.
Otherwise the S 63 is a hearty, if hefty, performer, providing a surprising amount of fun for something this large and comfortable.
If you could only have one AMG product—and such a limit is the stuff of nightmares, we know—you might want to pick this one. The Mercedes-AMG S 63 E Performance is quite literally the S-Class of AMGs. It offers all the luxury of the mighty S-Class juggernaut, with all the performance AMG could possibly cram into it.
The heart of the beast and the main technological draw is the hybrid powertrain, specifically, the battery. Though it’s not just a battery: It’s a “High Performance Battery,” as in Formula 1 high-performance. F1 cars have hybrid technology and AMG says this one has it lifted directly from Lewis and George’s cars.
The most impressive thing about the HPB may be the way it’s cooled. Some electric cars and hybrids just use plain old air to cool their power packs. Most use liquid to cool one end of the batteries—even high-tech Lucid only cools one end of its cylindrical electric storage devices.
But this battery pack surrounds all 1200 cells, literally bathes them, with almost four gallons of coolant to maintain an optimal and near-constant temperature of 113 degrees F. This not only prolongs their useful lives and masters the art of thermal management, but makes them considerably more efficient.
Thus, AMG tells us, the HPB 150 in this S 63 E packs 13.1 kWh using the same technology its F1 team does to get 6.1 kWh into an F1 car. The result is a combined system output of 791 hp and—brace yerself Hulga—1055 lb-ft of torque. There are pickup truck owners who would sell their souls for those figures, luxury sedan makers, too.
“The focus of the powertrain is less on electric range and more on best-in-class performance,” AMG says.
Indeed. The resulting performance is expressed in a 0-60 mph time of 3.2 seconds and a feel on a curvy road that perfectly masks the estimated 5721-pound (Euro specs) curb weight of an S-Class.
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